Job 16:4

I could also speake as yee doe: (but woulde God your soule were in my soules stead) I could keepe you company in speaking, and could shake mine head at you,

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul’s stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you.

In Context

3Shall there be none ende of wordes of winde? or what maketh thee bold so to answere?

5But I woulde strengthen you with my mouth, and the comfort of my lips should asswage your sorowe.

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Cross References

Job 6:2Oh that my griefe were well weighed, and my miseries were layed together in the balance.

Job 11:2Should not the multitude of wordes be answered? or should a great talker be iustified?

Psalms 22:7All they that see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying,

Psalms 44:14Thou makest vs a prouerbe among the nations, and a nodding of the head among the people.

Proverbs 10:19In many wordes there cannot want iniquitie: but he that refrayneth his lippes, is wise.

Jeremiah 18:16To make their land desolate and a perpetual derision, so that euery one that passeth thereby, shalbe astonished and wagge his head,

Matthew Henry on Job 16:2-6

The Reply of Job to Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then Job answered and said, 2 I have heard many such things: miserable comforters are ye all. 3 Shall vain words have an end? or what emboldeneth thee that thou answerest? 4 I also could speak as ye do: if your soul were in my soul's stead, I could heap up words against you, and shake mine head at you. 5 But I would strengthen you with my mouth, and the moving of my lips should assuage your grief. Both Job and his friends took the same way that disputants commonly… Read the whole commentary →

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